Cultural and Communications Policy (6 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Phillip Dearman
Offered:
Gippsland First semester 2004 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2004 (OCL)
Singapore First semester 2004 (OCL)
Gippsland First semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2005 (OCL)
Singapore First semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis:
Objectives: On successful completion of this unit students will have: 1) understanding of the policy approach to communications and culture; 2) ability to identify the key rhetorics informing media regulation and the ways in which they function within and through particular policy debates; 3) knowledge of the historical development of the general communications sector; 4) understanding of the significance of globalisation, convergence and deregulation as challenges facing cultural and communications policy; 5) awareness of the central role of notions of the nation-state in the development of cultural and communications policy; 6) ability to conduct independent research.
Assessment: Essay (2500 words): 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%
Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week
Prerequisites: COM1010 and COM1020 or equivalents
Prohibitions: GSC3413, COM3413
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